Corn husking machine



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PATENT;

oonN HUSKING MACHINE fwalterw. r. steitencho, Minn. Application DecemberA18, 1936,- Serial No. 116,593

io claims@ (o1. ,13o-5) y This invention i relates to corn husking andshredding machines,

It is one of the objects of the invention 'to provide VVnovel andimproved v e feeding means for such machines.

e A "further object is to provide novel and improved husking means forsuch machines.

'It is more specifically an object of the inven-k tion to provideimprovements on my previous in# `ventions disclosediri my U. S.'PatentNo. 2,016,910 issued October 8, 1935, entitled Feeder for cornshreddershand the like"l and in .my U. S. patent entitled Feeders for`cornI Shredders and' the like No 2,085,174,1ssued June 29, 1937.'. Y v

The objects andradvantages of the invention Will'gmore fully appear.from-the following de-y scription made in connection with the"v accompanying drawings;` wherein like reference char-kI acters refer to thesame or similar partsthrougli-` out the lvarious views',l and iriwhich,g v

Fig. 1 is aview the major portionsfof arcorn'hu'sker and 4shredderembodying the invention;

2 is` a longitudinal thefmachine shown in Fig. 1 on approxir'natelyr theline 2---2` of Fig. 3, as indicated by the arrows; Fig. 3 is a sectiontaken lon the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 as indicated'by the arrows; V

` Fig. 4 is a plan view looking down on portions f ofl the huskingrollers ofthe machine;

5-is a viewin enlarged scale of one of the band snappers ofthe machine.

' Fig. 6 is a Vertif al section on an enlargedscale illustrating thesnapping rollers and one ofl the bridging bars carried by one of the.decks ofthe machine, and n* f Y Fig. 7 is a section taken on the lineV.'I--l yof Fig. 6, as indicated by thearrows. v

rReferring to thedrawings, the major parts' of a combination cornhuskingand shredding machine are illustrated. The 'front end of this*dto bev the left end of the machine is considere machine, as viewed inFig. 1 of the drawings.

the mechanis snapp'ng `rollers of .such a machine as is illustrated andit also tifyV by number a few of the morekor less .standardized partsofthe general machine.

The left side of the machine appearing at the left sideof Fig. 3 ofthedrawings is'designated by the numeral 6, while the right side of theniachine'l is designated by the numeral 1. Attached lI3 which carriesthe/cutters e `snapping roller I'I is springl pressed ,towards the lowersnapping` roller in lin side elevation illustrating i section takenthrough,

6 and 1 of themachine. located at the same level vin parallel relationinto 'achute 2,0 vwhich feeds to delivery of the corn asinto a wagon orthe like.

therebetween. In

.l for feedingthe material into thev has to do with the huskingYmechanism, it will merelybe necessary to identhe machine to extendadjacent the rforward carries 'beveled pinions 23 ofeachpair of huskingrollers I'I.

24 also `carries at itsy 55rte'nsions or wings 8 and' 9 respectively,which are `not found in the usualma'china and these wings projectforwardly `from'the rear end of the mal chine and they are l'crossconnectedat their for- 1 ward portions byja curved plate I0 whichoverlies `5 andcloses off thespace ,abovev the Vsnapping rollers I I,the cutterbar I2 and the cutter head I4. AThe upper the `snappingrollers I Iv and the ycutter I3 extend between and arev journaled 'inthe forward portions of the extensions 8 and 9 in the usual relation.,`Of coursethe cutter bar l2 also extends between the extensions 'and 9.VSlightly rearwardly from the curved'plate Ill'the extensions 8 f and 9'arefadditionallygcross 'connected yby! a curved plate `I5.of arcuateshape in cross section andhaving` va forwardly projecting extension atits lower edge. A deck and 4rearwardly from adjacent the rear side ofthe flower snapping '-roller` II to deliver thek earsof'corn snapped offVthe stalks by the snapping rollers II to the receiving ends of aplurality of husking rollers Il; located considerably below the level ofthe snapping rollers Il andare journaled inv bearings I8 carriedbyapair'of cross bars I9 of langular shape, rwhich extend across-betweenthe two sides and they slant "downwardly and rearwardly at a gradualinclination from theirreceiving ends. The husked rather ends towardtheir discharge corn Vis discharged from l' the ari-elevator 2| forrollers I'I extend gen- ,fA course, the rhvusking the machine and theyerally l longitudinally ofr the .usualV manner 'and' 10 I6inclinesvdownwardly e These huskingrollers I1 are 25` All the rollers I1are 3,0VL

husking' rollers I'I 35I are varranged inA cooperating pairs in theusual 4o mannenthe'tworollers of eachpair rotatingin oppositedirectionsl to` form-a bight for the yhusks they illustrated embodiment,

the upper portions of thehusking'rollers I1 are provided with snappingrecesses to secure a secondary snappingl action to releasev any earsthat vmay be carried downwith stalks from` the snappingv rollers II. Across shaft 22 extends between and is journaled in the sides 6 and 1 ofof the various husking rollers I'I and this shaft meshing with beveledforward endsrof one gears 24'- connected to .the

Thel roller cfa pair carrying a gear ends rear end a pinion Z5 in meshwith a gear 26 attached to the rear end of the cooperating huskingroller il of the pair and it will thus be seen that all the rollersI Ilare properly driven, as the shaft 22 is rotated.

In accordance with the present invention, a plurality of feed decks lare disposed above the husking rollers Il between the sides i and 'l ofthe machine and to form in reality the bottom of a trough, the sides ofwhich are composed largely of the side extensions 8 and l.V These decksare of channel-shapein transverse cross section with the sides of thedecks projecting upwardly and the upper edges of the sides of the deckshaving forwardly and upwardly projecting teeth 21a formed therein.Attached by angular brackets 28 to the under side of each deck 2l are apair of longitudinally spaced cap bearings 29. The forward bearings 29receive within them the crank portions of a forward crank shaft 3l!which extends beneath and is journaled in the side walls 6 and 'l of themachine, while similarly the rear bearings 29 receive within them thecrank portions of a rear crank shaft 3| which also extends between andis journaled in the sides 6 and l. The crank portions of the two crankshafts Sil and 3| are similarly formed and set and in the illustratedembodiment each crank shaft has four crank portions for cooperation withthe bearings 29 for four decks 2'? and the various crank portions ofeach crank shaft are angularly displaced from adjacent crank portions byThis permits of gyration of each deck 27 as aA unit as the forward crankshaft 3l! is rotated and it also permits differently timed gyratorymotion to be imparted to the several decks.

Extending transversely between the sides of the various decks atlongitudinally spaced pointsr are cleats 2lb which have upwardly andfor-r wardly projecting teeth extending above the bot-` toms of thedecks. The forward ends of at least certain of the decks 21 are equippedwith bridging bars 32 which'project to points contiguous to the snappingrollers Il and as these bridging bars are originally secured to thebottoms of the decks 2T, a gyratory movement will be imparted to thesebridging bars as the decks are actuated. These bridging bars curveupwardly somewhat from the forward ends of the decks 2l' so that whenthe bridging bars are in their iorwardmost position, the forward ends ofthe bridging bars will extend well into the bight between the twosnapping rollers H, as best shown in Fig. 6. These bridging bars haveteeth i320, formed as side flanges thereon and these teethinclinefupwardly and forwardly. As shown in dotted lines, Fig'. 6, theforward ends oi the bridging bars gyrate through the circular path andin the direction indicated. The inner sides of the two outer decks 2!and both sides of the inner decks 2 have attached thereto upwardlyprojecting cord snapping plates 33. These plates project well above theupper edges of the sides of the decks proper and they have forwardly andupwardly projecting teeth 33a, formed at their upper edges. Betweenadjacent teeth 33a hookshaped notches 33h are formed, as best shown inFig. 5 of the drawings. The cord snapping plates 33 extend from adjacentthe rear ends of the decks 2l to points spaced slightly rearwardlyshaped notches 35D extending to the forward ends of the corn snappingplates 33.

The various rollers i1 rotate in the directions indicated by the arrowsin Fig. 3 and located above the rollers, extending longitudinally of therollers, and bridging the space between adjacent pairs of rollers aswell as the space immediately above the upwardly rotating portions ofthe two adjacent rollers of adjacent pairs, are guard bars 34 ofinverted V-shape in vertical transverse cross section. These guard bars34 have downwardly and outwardly projecting tabs at their respectiveends attached to the bearings I3 for the husking rollers. Other guards35 are attached to the sides and 1 respectively of the machine to extendlongitudinally above the upwardly rotating portions of the outer rollersof the two outermost pairs of rollers I1. Vertical divider plates 36 of`right triangular-shape are attached to the guard bars 34 and thesedivider plates project upwardly from the peaks of the guard bars withthe hypothenuses of the triangles slant-ing diagonally upwardly frompoints spaced rearwardly from the forward ends of the rollers a distanceslightly less than half the length of the rollers. Side wings 31 and 38respectively have attaching flanges secured to the divider plates 36 andthese side wings are of greater width near their lower ends than attheir upper ends, they incline upwardly and rearwardly from their lowerends toward their upper ends and they slant out from the divider plates36, so that their outer edges are more rearwardly disposed than are theedges attached to the divider plates, all as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4.v

Secured to angular-shaped brackets 21o attached to the under sides ofthe various decks 2'! are a number of jostlers 39 `and 40. Thesejostlers are formed of sheet material having some flexibility, such asleather or rubberized belting material, and when the machine is at restthe jostlers lie in substantially vertical planes extendinglongitudinally ci the machine immediately above the bights betweencooperating husking rollers i1. In the illustrated embodiment, each deck27 carries two of the jostlers 39 and one jostler 4B, the jostler 4Dbeing attached to the forward portion of a deck and the two jostlers Si@being spaced rearwardly from the jostler di) and also being spaced fromeach other. The jostlers 39 have a series of teeth cut .in their loweredges and these teeth are capped by metal caps M of U-shape inhorizontal cross section, the caps being secured in place by rivets orthe like. The jostlers 4! have only one tooth at their lower ends, thistooth being capped by a metal cap ft2 similarly secured. When the decks21 are in motion, the jostlers 33 and 40 have a gyratory motion in avertical plane upwardly, forwardly, downwardly and rearwardly relativeto the husking rollers H and they also, due to vibratory action, have aswinging movement transversely of the rollers I1, as indicated in dottedlines Fig. 3. y

Journaled in the side extensions and 9 above the forward portions of thedecks 21 is a cross shaft A33. A sleeve 134 is journaled in the leftside extension 8 on the shaft 43 and secured to this sleeve outwardlyfrom the side extension 8 is a sprocket 45. he sleeve projects inwardlyfrom the side extension 8 and carries near its inner end a pinion t.Journaled on the sleeve 4d and on the shaft 43 is a retarder drum 41 ofhollow cylindrical shape, which eX- tends between the side extensions 8and 9. This jacent the inner end of the sleeve 44 is an arm s 49 whichhas' journaled therein atits outer end I a stub shaft' 50 upon which ismounted a gear meshing with the pinion 46. This gear 5|,y

in turn, carries an eccentrically disposed pin 52 to which one end of avlink 53 is pivotally con-J A nected. v The other end of the link 53 ispivotally connected to aflug 54 attached'to the innerv side Y of theretarder drum 41.

' 'RearWardly disposed from the retarder drum 41fand journaled at asomewhat higher level than the shaft 43- in the side extensions 8 and 9is' a drum vshaft 55' to which av drum 56' is secured. The drum 56extends'betweenthe side extensions 8 and 9 and this drum has a number nof radial blade-like portions withV concave portions joining adjacentblade-like portions.

The shaft 22, although it may be driven from anyy moving part of themachine,` is illustrated in the drawings as carrying lat its right'endka vpui-- ley 51 which may be driven as by a-belt, not illustrated, froman engine such as that found on the ordinary farm tractor. The shaft` 22may be driven in a vcounterclockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. 2. Thecrank shaft 30 carries adjacent its left end a sprocket 58 over which.

is trained a sprocket chain'59 andnthis sprocket chain 59 also worksovera sprocket 50 carried at the left end ofshaft 22. Accordingly, the crankshaft 3|) will be rotated also in a counter clockwise direction, rasviewed in Fig. 2i. lThe rotation of the shaft 3|! will impart gyratorymovement to the various decks 21, first -upwardly then forwardly thendownwardly and thenrearfwardly successively relative to the snappingrollers I|. Asv bridging bars 32 are rigidly attached to the decks,these bridging bars willhave similar movement. Also as the jostlers'v 39and are attached to the decks, they Will similarly gyrate. Of course thetoothed sides of the decks will move with the decks as will the cordsnap ping decks 33. .n

Thesleeve 44 for the retarder is driven from the crank shaft 3|) throughthel medium of a sprocket 6| attached to the crank shaft, a sprocketchain 62 and a sprocket 63 attached to the left end of the sleeve 44.Accordingly, the

sleeve 44 is driven in a counterclockwise direction,

as viewed in Fig. l. l

To drive the drum shaft 55 a stuby shaft 64 is mounted in-the left sideextension 8 .andxthis stub shaft carries a sprocket G5. lA sprocketchain '55 is trained' over the sprocket 65 vandA a l sprocket 61carriedat the left end of the drum shaft 55. The lower run of thissprocket chain 66 alsor passes over the sprocket attached to sleeve 44and motion is'imparted tothe sprocket chain 66 through themedium of thesprocket 45. With this arrangement, it will be seen that the drum shaftwill be driven in a'clockwise direction, as viewed in Figs. 1 and'2, andthat, accordingly,

the drum 56 willA be driven in a clockwise direc'- tion. To drive theretarder shaft 43, drum` shaft l 55 is equipped at its' right endwith asprocket 68 and a sprocket chain 59 is trained over the sprocket 68 anda sprocket 10 carriedv at the right end of the shaft 43. Accordingly,the shaft 43 v' is driven in a clockwise direction,I as viewedin Figs.f1and 2.4 v Y v As the shaft lliro-tates in a clockwise direction,

the arm 49 will besimilarly rotated but as the sleeve 44 rotates in acounterclockwisedirec- 'I tion,!the pinion 46 lwill be'rotated invr a.counter- `movement about the shaft 43, aswell as farotational movementabout' the axis of the stub lshaft 50, will transmit through the link 53eccentrically connected to the gear 5|, rst a movement to the retarderdrum 41, first in one direction and 'then in the opposite direction, the

movement vintheclockwise direction as viewed in Fig.. 2, being greaterthan the movement in the Acounterclcckwise direction.

' Inoperating the machine bundles of corn tied c by cord in the usualmanner, are thrown onto Thesejdecks are rall differently n timed, sothat as one deck moves'forwardly, an-

the decks 21.

other deck moves downwardly, .a` third deck' moves vrearwardly andl afourth deck moves upwardlyv The teeth 33a of the cord snapping 'plates33' workinto the corn so as tocatch thecords tying the bundles of corntogether in certain of the notches 33h. Ihe differently timed v gyratorymovement of the decks. then causes the cords to be broken after beingvcaught in the notches 33h. The decks, due to their gyrating actionspread the bundles of corn longitudinally as well as laterally `andadvance the `cornstalks toward the snapping yrollers ||,.v .Thisadvancing action is created very largely by the vcord, snappingplates 33which work on the main body of the corn and it is assisted by thetransverse toothed cleats'21b` which advance'the finer and loosermaterial.' As the material advances to a point beneath the drum 56, thisdrum, if the material hasy built upto a high enough point, acts tocompress the material downwardly to a certain. extent, while feeding theupper runof the material towards the retarder. drum 41.' Also 's thisdrum' 56 acts in conjunction with the fore ward'teeth 33a `of the cornsnapping plates to cause these teeth to catch into the 'corn and therebyengage occasional cords which may not have been broken by the morerearwardly disposed teeth of the cord snapping plates. The retarder drum41' acts on the upper strata ,ofthe material, 'moving towards thesnapping rollers: to prevent feed of too great quantities of `thematerial to the snapping rollers at one time. The lower portion of theretarder drum 41 moves first through a certain arc ina' forwarddirection and then vthrough a` certain arclessthan the first arc in arearward direction and thus thisy 'drum'. tends yto spread out thematerial lengthwise of the machine and it prevents choking of thematerial at the point of entry of the material into the bight betweenthesnapping rollers. l

`rhe sides of the U-shaped decks 21 as well'as 'the' cord snappingplates 33 prevents cordsA and vmaterial from being carried to anyappreciable extent between adjacent decks to interfere with the actionof 'the decks. The bridging bars 32 as illustrated in Fig. 6, actuallyact to push the stalks pass von to the cutter bar l2 and the cutter i3,while the ears in unhusked condition drop down the deck i6 onto thereceiving ends of the rollers il. The guard plates 3ft and 35, orcourse, prevent the ears from moving to points between adjacent pairs ofhusking rollers and the jostlers 4l! and 39, which have both a gyratorymovement in a vertical plane as well as a swinging action in a planetransversely of the husking rollers ll, due to the natural vibration ofthe machine, strike and jostle the ears so as to agitato them and tendto align them anew with the bights between the husking rollers` In otherwords, the jostlers 39 and it give the ears of corn kicks which tends toturn the ears somewhat. In conjunction with the downward movement of theears by gravity, these kicks imparted to the ears tend to bring the earsmore in parallel alignment v with the husking rollers il and to bringdifferent portions of each ear adjacent the bights oi these rollers, sothat a much more thorough husking action is secured than would otherwisebe obtained without the use of these jostlers 3S and lill. '.lihedivider plates 35 separate the ears into different channels after theyhave had some opportunity through the rotational movement of the'huskingrollers li and the upper jostlers to align with the husking rollers. Thewings attached to the divider plates 36 tend to retard the movement ofthe ears somewhat so that a morel thorough husking action can beobtained. Of course, the jostlers 39 and fili, the divider plates 36 andthe wings 3l all work together to secure the desired thorough huskingaction, While the wings 3T tend to retard the ears the jostlers 39 tendto cause the husking rollers to take different holds upon the husks ofcorn. Of course, the jostlers 3S also assist materially in feeding theloose husks, stalks, etc. into the bight between husking rollers. Theteeth at the lower edges of the jostlers 39 and lill are provided withcaps di and l2 respectively, to prevent undue wear upon these teeth. Theflexibility of the material forming the jostlers permits the vibrationof the machine to give the jostlers the side swinging motiontransversely of the rollers ll above referred to.

It will be seen that an eicient feeding and husking action is secured ina simple manner in accordance with the present invention. While theinvention is described in connection with corn husking and shreddingmachines, it will be understood that it is not limited to such machinesalone, inasmuch as the principles of the invention may be applied toother machines.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made inthe form, details, arrangement and proportions of the various partswithout departure from the scope of the present invention, whichgenerally stated, consists in the matter shown and described and setforth in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

l.. In a corn` husking machine, pairs of cooperating oppositely rotatinghusking rolls forming bights therebetween, said rolls being parallel toeach other and one pair oi rolls being adjacent to another pair, fixedguard plates overlying the adjacent halves of the two adjacent rolls ofadjacent pairs directing the ears to the bights between cooperatingrolls, vertical dividers xed carried by said guard plates and side wingsattached to said vertical dividers, said side wings acting inconjunction with the dividers to retard the ears of corn passing overthe rolls and to assist in aligning the ears with the bight betweenrolls.

2. In a corn husking machine, pairs of cooperating oppositely rotatinghusking rolls forming bights therebetween, said rolls being parallel toeach other and one pair of rolls being adjacent to another, stationaryguard Yplates overlying the adjacent halves of the two adjacent rolls ofadjacent pairs, vertical dividers carried by said guard plates, sidewings attached to said dividers and moving jostlers above the rollsadjacent saidA dividers acting in conjunction with the guard plates,dividers and side wings to assist in aligning the ears with the bightsbetween rolls.

3. In a corn husking machine having snapping rollers, a gyratory deckfor feeding material to thesnapping rollers, pairs of cooperatinghusking rollers underlying said deck vand having receiving endsreceiving from said snapping rollers and discharge ends located at asomewhat lower level than the receiving ends, there being a bightbetween the husking rollers of a pair, vertical di.- viders projectingupwardly between adjacent pairs. of husking rollers, side wings attachedto said dividers and moving jostlers carried by said deck, projectingdownwardly therefrom adjacent said dividers and movable in respect tosaid dividers, said jostlers acting in conjunction with said dividersand side wings to assist in aligning the ears with the bights betweencooperating husking rollers.

4. In a corn husking machine having snapping rollers, gyratory decks forfeeding material to the snapping rollers, cord snapping members attachedto and projecting upwardly from said decks and terminating at theirupper edges in a multiplicity of forwardly inclined teeth withhook-shaped notches between adjacent teeth, pairs of cooperating huskingmembers underlying said decks and having receiving ends receiving fromsaid snapping rollers and discharge ends located at a somewhat lowerlevel than the receiving ends, there being bights between the huskingrollers of pairs, vertical dividers projecting upwardly between adjacentpairs of husking rollers, side wings attached to said dividers andmoving jostlers carried by said decks and depending downwardly to pointsabove the b-ights of said husking rollers and acting in conjunction withsaid dividers and side wings to assist in alinf ing the ears with thebights between cooperating husking rollers.

5. In acorn husking machine, pairs of cooperating oppositely rotatinghusking rolls forming bights therebetween, said rolls being parallel toeach other and one pair of rolls being adjacent to another pair, saidrolls having receiving ends located at somewhat higher levels thandischarge ends, guard plates overlying adjacent portions of the twoadjacent rolls of adjacent pairs and vertical dividers carried by saidguard plates in spaced relation from the receiving ends of said rollsand slanting upwardly from said guard plates toward the discharge endsof the rolls.

6. The structure defined in claim 5, said guard plates being of invertedV-shape in transverse cross section to form ridges and said dividersprojecting yupwardly from said ridges.

7. In a corn husking machine having snapping rollers, a gyrating deckmounted to move upwardly, forwardly, downwardly and rearwardly in theorder named in contiguity with the snapping rollers for feeding materialto said rollers, a pair of cooperating husking rollers underlying saiddeck and having receiving ends receiving ing upwardly and from saidsnapping rollers and discharge ends.

located at a somewhat lower level than their receiving ends, saidvhusking rollers having a bight between the same, jostlers attached tosaid deck and depending vdownwardly therefrom' toA positions adjacentsaid husking rollers, said jostlers'v having iiexibility for lateralmovement relative to said husking rollers and guard plates overlying theportions of the husking rollers remote from said bight, and verticaldividers carried bysaid guard plates in spaced relation from thereceiving ends of the husking rollers and slantivng upwardly from saidguard plates toward the discharge ends'.

of the husking rollers.

k8. In a corn husking machine, pairs of cooperating oppositely rotatinghusking rolls forming bights therebetween, said rolls beingfparallel toeach other and onepair oflrolls'being adjacent to another pair, guardplates overlying the' adjacent 1 halves of the two adjacent rolls ofadjacent pairs, vertical dividers carried by saidguard lplates and sidewings attached to said vertical dividersysaid side wings acting inconjunction with the dividers to retard thel ears of corn passing overthe rolls and to assist in aligning the ears with the bight betweenrolls, said dividers projecting upwardly from said rolls and havingupper edges joining said guard plates' in vspaced relation from the receiving ends of the rolls, said upper' edges slanttoward thef discharge`ends of the rolls. f

9. In a corn'husking machine, pairs of coopereachother and yone pair ofrolls being adjacent Nto another painguard plates overlying the adja-Vcent halves of the two adjacentrolls ofk adjacentpairs, verticaldividers 'carried by said y guard vplates and side wings 'attached tosaid vertical dividers,lsaid side wings acting in conjunction with thedividers to retard the ears ofvvcorn passing over therolls and to assistin raligningl the ears with the bight v,between rolls, said dividersbeing spaced from the receiving ends of the rolls and being oftriangular shape Withthe hypothe- 'knuse edges of the triangle slantingupwardly and `toward the discharge ends ofthe rolls.

10. In a corn husking machine, kpairs of coopereach other and one pairof rolls being adjacent to another pair, guard plates overlying theadjacent halves of the two adjacentrolls of adjacent pairs,

vv-ertical"dividers carried bysaid guard plates and side wings attached.to saidvertical dividers, said side wings acting in conjunction with thedividers. to retard the Vearsof corn passing over the rolls and toassist inV aligning'the ears-with the bight j betweenfthe rolls,.saidwings .slanting outwardly and 'somewhattoward the dischargeA endsofrsaid ating oppositely rotating husking rolls forming bightstherebetwen, V'said rolls being parallel 'tof ating oppositely rotatinghusking rolls forming L bights'therebetween, said rolls being Yparallelto

